 | Euclides - 1846 - 292 pagina’s
...the extremity of any thing. xiv. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. xv. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another : xvi. And this point is called the centre of the circle. xvn. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - 1846 - 128 pagina’s
...any thing. XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. Acircle is aplane figure contained by one line, which is called the...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | Great Britain. Admiralty - 1846 - 128 pagina’s
...thing. XIV. A figure is that which is enclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. Acircleis aplanefigure contained by one line, which is called the circumference,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called the centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | W. M. Buchanan - 1846 - 768 pagina’s
...magical operations. CIB'CLB, Lat. circulus, from circus. A geometrical figure contained under one line called the circumference ; and is such, that all straight...lines drawn from a certain point within the figure called the centre, to the circumference, arc equal to one another. Thus, In the figure, AB = AC = AD.... | |
 | Euclides - 1846 - 272 pagina’s
...called acute. 14. A plane figure is a plane superficies, bounded on every side by one or more lines. 15. A circle is a plane figure, contained by one line, which is called the circumference ; to which from a certain point within the figure, all right lines drawn are equal. 16. That point... | |
 | Euclides - 1847 - 128 pagina’s
...enclosed by one or more boundaries. The quantity of space contained in any figure is called its area. 15. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another : — 16. And this point is called the centre of the circle. 17. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1847 - 326 pagina’s
...expression, in ( n — 3). [See Elements of Algebra, Art. 178.] XXIII. A circle is a plane figure bounded by one line, which is called the circumference ; and...straight lines drawn from a certain point within the circle to the circumference, are equal to one another. This point is called the centre of the circle.... | |
 | William Whewell - 1847 - 756 pagina’s
...circle, — " that it is a figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and which is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the circumference are equal to one another," — we were to substitute an axiom and a definition, as follows... | |
 | Euclides - 1848 - 52 pagina’s
...less than a right angle. XIII. XIV. A figure is that which is inclosed by one or more boundaries. XV. A circle is a plane figure contained by one line,...figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. XVI. And this point is called ttas centre of the circle. XVII. A diameter of a circle is a straight... | |
 | Charles Richson - 1848 - 98 pagina’s
...DEFINITIONS, which may be illustrated by the diagrams; and upon which suitable questions may be asked. 1. "A circle is a plane figure, contained by one line,...figure to the circumference are equal to one another/' "And this point is called the centre of the circle." (A pair of dividers or compasses will be useful... | |
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A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. 
